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Perhaps we might remind him gently after his leave. Shall we set a
soft deadline on August 15
Pre-season
showdown
David Beckham is already dreaming of a World Cup final
showdown with his Old Trafford pal Juan Sebastian Veron
Staff honoured for going
extra mile
Louise took wing
for America
Water passes through vents with each
flush and is doused with fragrant liquid
He doused the car with
petrol and set it on fire
At the airfield, chaos reigned as rescue crews equipped with fire extinguishers doused the flames emanating
from the downed fighter
He sprung into action, grabbing the lab s fire blanket and dousing the flames that were
playing across the workbench
It was only as the fire brigade doused the final embers in my gutted home that I wondered if perhaps the
invite had been a subtle Valentine s message after all
We will be spared the horrors of greedy, selfish and self-serving individuals who trample
over people so that they can get a million dollars
This is indeed regrettable, because politicians who act only in their own partisan,
self-seeking interest are doing nothing other than letting their country down
Vehicular access
to
It is an odd question, but it goes to the heart of a debate over how much spending power is
wielded by workers
To say a final goodbye to his friends before
serving life in prison
Their crime was greatly premeditated. Their planning was
extensive. Their preparation gathered pace in January and February
Sales of savings plans will be hit as brokers are prohibited from earning commission on long-term
policies upfront in move to clean up a business plagued by persistent complaints of unscrupulous sales practices
The ban will hit a cutthroat insurance
savings plan industry marketed to both expatriate and local investors
The work fell between two
stools, being neither genuinely popular nor truly scholarly
We seem to fall between two stools because the modern premises that we would like to move into are far too expensive and the older mill buildings tend to have water
gushing in through the roof
The insurance firm is able to recoup these costs by imposing minimum payment terms and premium
lock-ins on policyholders
The new rules mirror regulatory changes in Europe that have swept away
commission-paying products in favour of fee-based compensation
The rules also put the onus on insurers to develop products that do not create misaligned
incentives between intermediaries and their clients
Staff can begin liquidating holdings after three years, but may then be subject to a
tax clawback, on a sliding scale
The sex was so ambiguous and romantic that none but a
prude could find it objectionable
People tend to think of the Victorians as
prudes but this dress is quite revealing
He was neither a prude nor a Puritan, but was scornful of self-indulgence, and though he earned a reputation as the champion of the poor, it was only of the
deserving and never of the idle
Such an arrangement has its historical
roots in the transition from HSSC to HSMC
The BTB modules are intercultural and interdisciplinary, where translation is considered the paradigm of
mediation, not only from one language to another but also from one culture to another
While these modules are inherently
responsive to market trends, they also aim to think ahead in expectation of users’ needs and to foster a new and constructive partnership with the industry
Students are well versed in not only language and terminology but also the
body of business and sociocultural knowledge embodied therein
The stony desolation of
the desert
What once had been a city was a desert now, a vast
field of emptiness and desolation
All around them desolation and destruction saturated
the crumbled and falling buildings on each side of the street
In choked desolation, she
watched him leave
A solitary singer tramps through a winter landscape, seeing in the frozen
streams and bare trees a reflection of his own loneliness and desolation
The incidents that had occurred during the past few days only served to increase her sense of
desolation and loneliness
Only a historic court ruling that changed American censorship standards, ushering in a new era of freedom and frankness in modern literature, permitted the publication of this first volume of Miller s famed mixture of memoir and fiction, which
chronicles with unapologetic gusto the bawdy adventures of a young expatriate writer
Too many of them were standing around as though fielding were merely a
tedious chore to be undertaken before you got your turn at bat
This seems strange to some, but why should we not make something fun out of a
necessary chore
The collision triggered a fiery, midair explosion that rained
burning debris over an elementary school playground
We all herded into
a storage room
Within minutes, anxious parents began streaming to the school in jogging
suits, business clothes, house-coats
That is too much calculus
for my brain
He gargled with
alcohol for toothache
His pale eyes were frosted with
sun glare and his lips scaly as snakeskin
An overbearing,
ill-tempered brute
She then describes the Rat personality, Charming, extremely easy to get along with, hard working, has a
disarming manner even when confronting someone
Although to say the man was a big influence on me musically would be a gross
understatement, I will personally remember Piggy best for his disarming demeanour
He gave her a disarming
smile
He came back empty-handed and
crestfallen
The spy peered
furtively through the bushes
People have to compete with each other for elbow room and
breathing space, both of which are in short supply
The deteriorating quality and the shrinking greenery around the city adds
weight to the proposal to provide it a little more elbow room or breathing space
The audience pattered
applause
Physicians advised sparing
use of ointment
An estimated 150000 commuters passed through its
turnstiles every day, many of them on their way to work on Wall Street
Her fingers were grained with
chalk dust
It goes against the grain to tell
outright lies
I abhor unsightly
blemishes, so I shun semicolons and parentheses
I had no inkling of electronic marvels just around the corner that were about to
revolutionize the act of writing
Never have so many Americans written so
profusely and with so few inhibitions
Word processors are a rare gift, enabling them to fuss
endlessly with their sentences
A contented mind is a
perpetual feast
She is mature, even-tempered and good-natured, displaying a cheerful and kind
disposition that makes her popular among her peers
Should you have any enquiries, we would be
pleased to oblige
This tools celebrates
simplicity, but a clever writer can make the simple complex
He stares into
space
Teenagers rehearse a request for a later curfew, or
an increase in allowance
We call it procrastination or
writer s block
They resorted to dilatory
tactics
Like Batman, they cinch up a
utility belt loaded with handy tools
They write stories of national and international interest, under excruciating
deadline pressure, against formidable competition and with the outcome of event in doubt. A Herculean task
The famous journalist and author was
awestruck
If you piece together a puzzle, you
benefit from the image on the box
The match was a cliffhanger
right up to the final whistle
You have hogged
the stove for too long
The Premier League s curtain
raiser
The graveyard
shift
I wanted to be upfront
with you
Great to see you,
old bean
When I last spoke to her yesterday she was full of beans, very cheerful and
chirpy, so I deduce from that that all was going well
A bean counter will say you should respond by cutting in other places, which usually means
shifting the burden onto other people, especially your employees
As a small business owner, you are not only the head honcho, but also the bean counter, chief salesman, IT
boffin, tax specialist and marketing guru too
The novel has found its way into films,
cartoons, and even computer games
The MacBook range has caught a lot of flak over the years for being expensive and a case
of style over substance
After the meeting, they left by a side
entrance to avoid taking media questions
The influx of funds boosted the Hong Kong dollar to the
upper end of its trading band
Under the beg to the US dollar, the HKMA is
obliged to intervene
Investors should be careful as the hot money may leave as many of these foreign investors are
eyeing quick profits only
The recent stock market rally may not last long. Local investors should not blindly follow the hot money and rush into the market or they may
have their fingers burned
Look haggard and
tattered
I am swarmed
with work
Steamed pork
patties
No
sweat
Let s smarten you
up
He skimmed money
off
When your automated teller machines divide and arrange your money before
coughing it up, they are all using partition theory
Milk money from the
company
She warns that even if the December text is agreed to, it still offers a raw deal to developing countries, and would result in a host of
legal and bureaucratic red tape
Women academics continue to get a raw
deal
One bitten
twice shy
March winds and April showers bring forth
May flowers
An anonymous note like that would
creep me out
An empty bucket sounds
very loud
Empty barrels make
most noise
The pictures do not do it
justice
The gruesome murder case in which a man is accused of killing his parents and dismembering their bodies will have to restart with a new, bigger jury after a judge
excused the foreman, who said he was too upset by the evidence to continue
A juror notified the judge that she had received a doctor s note saying she was suffering anxiety and neurosis and that further
exposure to the trial could make her situation worse
Japanese economy shrinks 6 per cent, most since tsunami, as tax
rise bites
The sales tax increase took a heavy toll on household spending, stoking fears that any rebound may be too modest to
sustain a solid recovery
The world a third-largest economy shrank an
annualised 6.8 per cent in the second quarter
External demand added 1.1 percentage points to growth, after shaving 0.2 percentage points
off growth in the first quarter
Opponents also draw attention to the risks of elective Cesarean delivery to the mother and fetus during the initial
procedure and for later pregnancies
The risk for infection and other surgical complications appear to be greater in women undergoing repeat cesarean delivery compared to those who are successful
with a vaginal birth after Cesarean delivery
A tree crashed down a private slope and killed a heavily
pregnant woman
The victim s baby was delivered by emergency
caesarean section
The remains of the tree are as crispy as
biscuits, showing serious fungi infection
Solicitors voted to
unseat Law Society president Ambrose Lam
He was stony-faced
after the meeting
He repeated the call for
unity in a later statement
He fought back
tears as they announced their victory
Sadness over the grotesque political interference by outside
machinery throughout the process despite this being an internal matter
The results showed that the majority of the
proxy votes were against Lam
Barack Obama called for cooler
heads to prevail
A hardware
shop
Ampersand,
symbol for and
The enforced camaraderie of
office life
My bag of
tricks
Debate rages
on
The masses insist, until justice
is served
The extension of the railway is
up and running
A computer
buff
To smash it into
bits
He was little more than a
drudge around the house
We tried to forestall our
business rivals
She forestalled a
conflict by sending her husband away
If you are well prepared, you can take every emergency
in your stride
Hong Kong political reform consultation was dominated by
orchestrated bloc submissions
The settlement rules could put a damper on the enthusiasm of overseas investors, most of them
favouring a conservative stance
The report reflected the views
collated
At no stage did any of these worthies think it necessary to do some fact-checking before
besmirching the reputation of a former cabinet officer
Chow also brushed off
suggestions that he had received money for his role
Death is mercifully
quick when a rocket hits an airliner mid-flight
We have grown too
proud
Noam Chomsky sounded a note of
caution in relation to the implications of generative grammar for translation
Their signatures should tally with their
names on the register
There are undoubtedly chefs who believe reviewers go out with the express intention of
ripping into a restaurant, but that does not tally with my experience
They say his actions, which destabilise, do not
tally with the talk
You have quite a
glow on your face
I would better stay
on my toe
They are on the chopping
board
No
sweat
He had not joined a gang or
acquired a rap sheet
There had probably been a few more crimes added to her
rap sheet since then as well
You never know when that kid with a rap sheet a mile long will
circumvent the system yet again because of a judge s ruling
I would be petty if
I say no
I can save my
breath
Give you a small
earful
Your authority will be undermined if
I fail
A molten
cake
IT is my forte, but it is a bit
constraining
You are cut out for
the job
Where are you rushing
off to
Hong Kong Customs believed that smugglers had attempted to use circuitous
routings to evade Customs crackdown
Cigarette
contraband
These descriptions are just
caricatures, and nobody is all Virgo
They expect nothing less than perfect of
themselves, which tends to get extended towards criticism of others
If they can gain a sense of perspective, however, Virgo has a gentle, self-depreciating sense of humour and makes
extremely amusing, pleasant company
They can be accused of being unfeeling and ungenerous, too
workmanlike and cut and dried
The easy-going nature makes them a
reliable and steady sort
Virgo lovers are at their best when you allow them
to be of service to you
This could mean organising your file
cabinet or running all your errands
They derive a great sense of
purpose from being needed
He decided to step up to the
plate and actually handle his own business
They will scoff and call you a slob, but in the inside they will be
beaming and will already be mentally prepared to colour coded your socks
They will not say the words, but
show you with work
The advice is not welcome because it comes in
the form of nagging
Extremely sensitive and
borderline insecure
They cannot tolerate someone
crowding their space
They like love and affection as much as
the next person, but they want it in doses
You are not necessarily uptight about such things, but you are not going to wipe your nose on your
sleeve during a date or burp and fart in a fancy restaurant
You may not be finely polished and snooty, but you have a natural
sense of when to behave yourself and when it is okay to let loose
You are not afraid of rolling up your
sleeves and get to work
It does not take long to see that you will never be a lazy one expecting to be
waited on hand and foot
Virgos define pure
modesty
Blowing their savings on
souped-up sports car
Mercury rules the
conscious, reasoning mind
They may spend part of their lives heading off on
detours and then suddenly emerge as someone with a remarkable sense of direction
The desire to be
up and doing
A constant striving to bring order
out of chaos
Virgos superb logic cuts through
muddled thinking like a laser beam
Until they have the facts before them, they are
reluctant to make a decision
It gives them a heightened
awareness of the world s imperfections
To admit to being in the
wrong
His demeanour was self-effacing,
gracious, and polite
To honour
his wish
Make more runs
to earn more
He went back to the streets to
panhandle for money
A bunch of hoodlums just looking
for trouble
I am my own
man
I will not keep you, I am
off
After all, a man with responsibilities cannot walk around with his head
in the clouds all the time
You have been wandering around with your head in the
clouds for almost a month, you look like you are sleepwalking most of the time
Being cooped up
indoors all day makes him fidgety
Her children were playing near the pond, running free as if they had been cooped up in a confined
day care center all day
Does the thought of being cooped
up indoors watching a game bore you to tears
We all lost our
cool
It is not to
my liking
You will make an outstanding
CEO
Those catalysts could include new products, demographic trends, proprietary products, increased
market share, or a change in cost structure
I expect this will only continue to get worse as more and more companies attempt to
protect their proprietary products and services
We got a flat
tyre
I would tattle on
her whenever I had hard evidence
She was smitten
with the boy
It is time to come
clean
I know it would be a lost
cause
I have the hots
for you
Take it in
stride
It is
homely
In fact, we now know that Newton was in many ways a Renaissance man, working in theology, prophecy, and
alchemy, as well as mathematics, optics, and physics
Notoriously single-minded, the erstwhile enfant terrible of the Belgian art world is a Renaissance man, despite his
penchant for drenching everything in body fluids
I go to the counter and give the cheque to a guy who definitely did not have enough sleep last night and was in a mood for nasty
snide remarks and evil glares
Some marched past him, giving him anything from a
passing glance to a narrow eyed stare of contempt and a snide remark
Why then do they let themselves be shown as silly little scatterbrains, making the compromises, while the men
romp all over the screen doing exactly as they please
These accounts typically focus on perceived negatives and neglect to acknowledge the positive influence that attention deficit medication has had
on thousands of scatterbrains
These days, to impress anyone at all, a heist film requires either heaps of brutal, gory
violence or a really clever plot
Moore, however, has not filled this film with scenes of
gory violence
What a
dork
She dotes
on him
The tender is up for
grabs
Her brain winds
up
I will go clear
my desk
The eureka moment for him came when
he was hill-walking
Hog the
limelight
Just a Jack of
all trades
they knew absolutely
zilch about rock n roll
I was a little taken
aback
As an added bonus, since I know absolutely zilch about Bob Fosse, I could not take serious issue with the choreography like the
obnoxious couple sitting next to me
It is not love on the
rebound
I was on the rebound when
I met Jack
Not a moment
too soon
David is a swell multi-talented guy and it was a pleasure to
finally meet him
Dried prunella
drink
Since starting self-defence classes at the age of four, the lad caught the eye of instructors by
sailing through tests for 32 different belts, to reach the black
Despite the festive season, both boxers registered their weights within the required
limit and sailed through their medical tests
He knows how to accept an stray
elbow under the basket
The past two years have been a perfect
storm for the travel industry
If truth be told, the decision has been made after a
great deal of contemplation
There is no way I can make up for my resignation, but I do
wish that I can gain your understanding
While we regret for your departure, we are glad that you have confirmed your career aspirations and have
plans to transfer onto a higher plane
Here is wishing you the best of
luck in your future endeavours
His unfailing courtesy and
forbearance under great provocation
Be on the
alert
They voted with their
feet
Shower my son with
gifts
You are all
sweaty
I harbour no
intentions
Post-partum
depression
The custom of post-partum
abstinence
By this time, I had outgrown my adolescent
appetite for being shocked
His business took a
dive
Plaster for heel
blisters
The president went through a dry
run of his speech
At Chelsea, nurses conducted a dry run of the procedure on their own, other members prepared by reading the manual, and the surgeon did not
participate in any team practice
Then again, it was just a charity preview and a dry
run for the real thing
I had two drinks that just
went to my head, because I had not eaten
I supposed that the large consumption of alcohol the night before
had gone to his head
This suggests yet another consequence of the cuts, which is that the women who are employed in the childcare sector will also be left
high and dry now that their source of revenue has been seriously attenuated
I have nothing to call
my own
Jack had a little posse made up of rich kids who thought being rich placed you on a higher
plane of existence than the rest of the world
By then, the crowd had migrated into a higher
plane of metal-rock-consciousness
Just in case if any of the articles touches upon Japanese translation, we could certainly enlist
your help if you are on our team
We will certainly benefit from a non-specialist
perspective. As you come highly recommended by Dr Chau, I am sure our partnership will work out beautifully
Do not take it
to the heart
A sour puss, a bad-tempered or
habitually sullen person
It was just a kick. You are getting a little
carried away
High-fidelity
sound
A bright and
bubbly personality
A spoiled,
willful child
He used his budgetary skills to grease the
wheels, skids for new projects
Asked about writing, she examines the butter dish with interest, before mouthing some sentences like a student
parroting poetry
While the media was mindlessly
parroting that information over and over again, these viewers already understood that it most likely was not true
Underhand
dealings
The couple kicked their runners off, grabbed two life-buoys and waded in to where the mother and son were
floundering in deep water
He is saving up his
ammo
He was feeling
smug after his win
There need be nothing passe or dated about its use, provided its
mathematical variability is honored
I am up to ears in
work
There is no way the Crown Prosecution Service can stick the loans scandal
merely on the small fry
Some of those companies are big fish, and others are
small fry
She was one of the youngest members in the Dance Club after all,
small fry and unimportant
You have a healthy
glow
I sweated and
toiled for the company
You are a rare
breed
A secret bounty
of 2 million dollar
Try not to make
imbecile remarks
He clenched his fists and exhibited his
bulging biceps
Fancy running
into you
They are on their honour as
gentlemen not to cheat
I feel in honour bound to warn readers that the Onion is a satirical publication, and this post is a joke. However, I do think that there is a
serious point to be made here
She has deliberately broken this treaty, and we were in
honour bound to stand by it
The genius of Darwin can sometimes give the misleading impression that the theory of evolution sprang from
his forehead fully formed without any precedent in scientific history
It showed how all this evidence favoured the evolution of species from a
common ancestor
In this struggle for existence, survival and reproduction do not come down to
pure chance
Why does Charles Darwin
eclipse Alfred Russel Wallace
On his death 100 years ago, obituaries were effusive in their praise, calling him the last of
the great Victorians
While today Darwin is a household name synonymous with the theory, Wallace struggles to gain anywhere
near the recognition of his friend
This is illustrated by an appeal this year to raise funds for a
life-sized bronze statue to honour Wallace
There are hundreds of Darwin statues and
busts
There is a side-profile roundel on the
wall at Westminster Abbey
By gaining the same level of acclaim as Darwin is
another matter
They argue that students failure to learn led to a
failure to launch
Be knee deep in
debt
He is a nice young fellow but a bit
wet behind the ears
Do not place scientists on a moral
pedestal. They are people too
What millions died that Caesar might
be great
They are attached to the cranial or spinal meninges and
usually present as a single mass
Let s leave it there and
pick it up tomorrow
Pedestrians scurried
for cover
Being needed is a
tonic for someone at my age
They were always at each other s
throats
That is acquiring the knowledge which you will do well to put into practice as you travel to the next stage of your
journey through the university of life
I did not have the benefit of a great education as a young man, but the university of life and travel through golf has
been an incredible thing for me
He brought the perspective of someone who is
educated in the university of life
Maybe I am too close to the forest to see the trees, if
you catch my drift
He poked fun at his own tendency to
utter bloopers
After all these years, it is hard to tell fact
from fiction
Bootleg
cassette
The road climbs a long
incline through a forest
To name this neighbourhood policing would be a
misnomer
An eerie green
glow in the sky
Traffic pole,
mast
We can see if that figure would work
to our advantage, or we might consider omitting it from the Factsheet
It began as a casual
interest in the subject
Numbers do have a language of their own, and it is fascinating how different calculations
throw the same situation into different lights
You are wonderfully
perspicacious
It would give a skewed impression that we are overstaffed while we are in fact
stretched rather thin
The new items are agreeable
to you
With his scientific curiosity piqued, he was looking forward to being able to
analyse his find
The subtleties of film noir have not exactly been the
hot topic of around the water cooler
A water-cooler
chat
Elisa was bubbling with
joy or enthusiasm
To stage a
comeback
It made an impression
on me
Lead you off the well
worn path
Two s a company.
Three s a crowd
Third time
lucky
Third time s
the charm
I came to my
senses
I am heading
off anyways
Graham was not enjoying this, but he
soldiered on
We are not just a group of shallow
wusses
His bank at home transfers his dole
money to a local bank here
Those people going on the dole would have otherwise
been employed and off the dole
Fudge
sundae
I guess you took
after you mom
Death does not put an
end to love
No matter how a lad feels, it is just not the done thing to display his emotions. He might be accused of being
a big girl s blouse
Guilty as
charged
Hackneyed old
sayings
The burger is
filling
The garlic does not
overpower the fries
To pique your
interest in language
A brief, relevant epigram offers a
spark of humour or pith
Someone lying to me is my
pet peeve
The institution was stigmatized as a last
resort for the destitute
The language log is devoted to debunking myths about language by countering them with linguistic fact, with a
healthy dose of subversive humour
Children are fairly impervious
to correction
Familiarity breeds
sloppiness
I took it out
on her
Trying to argue that I had benefited in any way from the disaster was
pure sophistry
Do not add to
my worries
We are close
kin
Do not let criticism clip
your wings
Think on your
feet
That will teach you not to tag
along where you are not wanted
They need a tactful
word of advice
Turn into a haven
for terrorists
Moving three times is as
bad as five
This case is on all
fours with a precedent
Bunch of
fives
Five-finger
discount
Slip someone
five
Six feet
under
To quell civil
disobedience
He urged the government to show sincerity for dialogue to
solve the impasse
Attended the
impromptu sit-in
They came on her own
initiative
Authorities in Hong Kong and Beijing have condemned the protests as illegal and
promised firm action
Not a moment
too soon
An abdominal
incision
I stumbled onto
this photo
Music carries from the various bars along the street and every once in a while a car
zooms past, screeching as it swerves around the corner
People managed to scrambled
out of the street
The horn-blazing car
sped through
The ball is now in
their court
A protester proffered free
shirt-fresheners
Two boys were pelted by
rotten apples
Slap some
sense into you
If I cannot learn to brown-nose, at least I can keep
my mouth shut
They were served by
obsequious waiters
The solicitor s
clientele
You are mooning around like a
lovesick teenager
Live and
let live
This social media activity strikes us as tone
deaf to say the least
The manager caved in to
his demands
The student leaders have come
to the fore
They claim to own the
silent majority
These are what underpins
Hong Kong as an international financial centre
Since its return to China, it has been a question
lurking in the background
Will China
buckle
Fall into bed after editing an
overnight news film
I almost trip over one of them stretched out on the
tarmac with his umbrella across his chest
Indefatigably
cheerful
Under a lemony
sun
Two red flags flutter
up the flagpoles
Embattled Hong Kong leaders and dignitaries stand
to attention
Have ulterior motives and are
marginal anyway
Express their disgust
at
A steady
gaze
The main thoroughfare looks like a nomad
encampment now, with gazebos, plastic sheeting and flags
Bagging up
rubbish
Sixty years and
counting, they do not back down
But this is not a squeak, it is a
mighty roar
With all of this racing through my
head, I am clearly not going to sleep
So I sit up and
write
Now time to set off again to witness
history in the making
When the tear gas canisters were opened and the smoke
billowed out, Hong Kong s demonstrators had only their umbrellas to protect themselves
They had been brought along because the heat of the sun was so
severe at the height of the day
He issued a
call-out on Facebook
He has lived
off-grid for years
Messages are spread in a daisy
chain fashion, jumping from one user to the next
